Nantucket Today

Pretty Porches: A Private Pleasure

The joy of a summer cottage is partly to be found in fresh sea breezes, bowers of roses tumbling from arches, and sunshine in a clear blue sky. Once we’ve put our toes in the sand, we can be reluctant to...

Hosting a Barn Owl

Everyone knows about Nantucket’s housing shortage. It’s a hard place to find a home in which to raise a family. But that isn’t the only residential crunch the island has experienced. Always on the night...

Carefully Curated

When it comes to decorating a Nantucket home, many newcomers to the island seek out the advice of professionals. In this regard, there are a handful of creative people who have successfully grown island...

Michael Molinar

Did you ever wonder how Nantucket stylemakers decorate and live in their own homes? Now and then we get a peek inside for an intimate look and some insightful tips from these experts. Meet Michael Molinar....read more

Keeping Your Green Lawn Eco-Friendly

AH, THE NANTUCKET YARD. The space around the house that is alternately green and soft on the toes, or dormant, brown and crispy. It is evident by observing some yards that their lawns never go dormant...

Reflections On A Season Gone By

At the very edge of my garden plot, I tried to grow two cherry tomatoes in cages as I have done elsewhere in the garden every year going way back. The cherry types usually beat the main croppers to harvest...

Dexioma

The little village of Siasconset, at the east end of the island, had a modest beginning, as a hamlet of fishing shacks.

The first of these shacks, “Auld Lang Syne,” was thought to have been built in...

Sweet September

Fall gets my vote.

DEFINITELY, IT’S THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR TO BE ON NANTUCKET. Not just because the crowds are thinner, although that’s an advantage, but because the heat is down, the fog less likely,...

Creating a Ship-Shape Getaway

Not once, but two times, Kathleen Hay has been recognized by a distinguished international panel of judges as one of the world’s leading interior designers. Her work has been featured in numerous regional,...

August’s Abundance

This is the month when we finally have it all, and it may be too much.

After all, how many cucumbers can one family eat? I guess we could put up a few of them as pickles, but it seems like a lot of work,...